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Ĕrĕtrĭa , ae, f., = Ἐρετρία.
I. The principal city on the island of Euboea, the birthplace of the philosopher Menedemus, now Palaeo Castro, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 59; Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64; Cic. Ac. 2, 42; Liv. 32, 16; 35, 38 al.—
B. Derivv.,
1. Ĕrĕtrĭus , a, um, adj., Eretrian: “creta,” Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 163; so, “terra,” Cels. 5, 15; 6, 3.—Subst.: Eretria , ae, f., Plin. 35, 6, 21, § 38; Vitr. 7, 14.—
2. Ĕrĕtrĭ-ensis , e, adj., of Eretria: “Gongylus,” Nep. Paus. 2.—Subst., Ĕrĕtrienses , ium, m., the inhabitants of Eretria, Liv. 35, 38.—
3. Ĕrĕtrĭăci , ōrum, m., philosophers of the school of Menedemus, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 109. —Also called,
4. Ĕrĕtrĭci , ōrum., m., Cic. de Or. 3, 17; Sen. Ep. 88 fin.—In sing.: Ĕrĕtrĭcus , an Eretrian philosopher, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39.—
II. A city of Thessaly, in Phthiotis, now Tzangli, Liv. 32, 13; 33, 6.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 7.14
    • Plautus, Mercator, 3.4
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.17
    • Cornelius Nepos, Pausanias, 2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 35.38
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 5.15
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 6.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 38
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 32, 13
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 32, 16
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 6
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.39
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 88
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